Hildur Knútsdóttir
@hildur.bsky.social
Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
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Hildur Knútsdóttir
@hildur.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Cover reveal! 🥳🎉
DEAD WEIGHT is translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com and will hit the shelves on May 26th.
Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands 🩸
Preorder here:
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
DEAD WEIGHT is translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com and will hit the shelves on May 26th.
Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands 🩸
Preorder here:
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Spider-Man backpack.
A five year old with a Spider-Man backpack.
Peter Parker would be absolutely beside himself.
A five year old with a Spider-Man backpack.
Peter Parker would be absolutely beside himself.
This is who federal agents are ripping out of their communities and shipping across the country. This is the danger we're being protected from.
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Spider-Man backpack.
A five year old with a Spider-Man backpack.
Peter Parker would be absolutely beside himself.
A five year old with a Spider-Man backpack.
Peter Parker would be absolutely beside himself.
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There are Greenland sharks swimming around right now that are older than the Signing of the US Declaration of Independence.
January 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
There are Greenland sharks swimming around right now that are older than the Signing of the US Declaration of Independence.
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this one's been gettin' a lotta play in my head lately
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
this one's been gettin' a lotta play in my head lately
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Yes I know the world might have problems, but the REAL tragedy* is that Uggi didn't get any ham this morning.
*according to Uggi
*according to Uggi
He also stopped at Hlöllabátar, of course. But it was still closed.
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Yes I know the world might have problems, but the REAL tragedy* is that Uggi didn't get any ham this morning.
*according to Uggi
*according to Uggi
About Greenland he says: "They have a choice. You can say yes and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say no and we will remember."
Well, that is a weight lifted from one small island nation in the Northern-Atlantic that did not want to find itself in a war zone between Europe and the U.S.
Well, that is a weight lifted from one small island nation in the Northern-Atlantic that did not want to find itself in a war zone between Europe and the U.S.
I'm listening to Trump at Davos and he said the US stock market took a large dip because of Iceland. "Iceland has already cost us a lot of money". What is he talking about??
January 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM
About Greenland he says: "They have a choice. You can say yes and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say no and we will remember."
Well, that is a weight lifted from one small island nation in the Northern-Atlantic that did not want to find itself in a war zone between Europe and the U.S.
Well, that is a weight lifted from one small island nation in the Northern-Atlantic that did not want to find itself in a war zone between Europe and the U.S.
I'm listening to Trump at Davos and he said the US stock market took a large dip because of Iceland. "Iceland has already cost us a lot of money". What is he talking about??
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I'm listening to Trump at Davos and he said the US stock market took a large dip because of Iceland. "Iceland has already cost us a lot of money". What is he talking about??
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Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
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Ah we see your Blue Monday and raise you a Moo Blunday
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Ah we see your Blue Monday and raise you a Moo Blunday
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“The report calls for a series of actions including … better water monitoring using AI” lmao of course it does
The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX
January 21, 2026 at 10:53 AM
“The report calls for a series of actions including … better water monitoring using AI” lmao of course it does
Canadian PM Mark Carney delivered a pretty incredible speech in Davos. It's a vision for a way forward for smaller nations, in a world where the U.S. can no longer be counted on as an ally.
Watch it. Something tells me it might be one of those speeches that we'll read about in history books.
Watch it. Something tells me it might be one of those speeches that we'll read about in history books.
Full: PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos
YouTube video by FactPointVideo
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Canadian PM Mark Carney delivered a pretty incredible speech in Davos. It's a vision for a way forward for smaller nations, in a world where the U.S. can no longer be counted on as an ally.
Watch it. Something tells me it might be one of those speeches that we'll read about in history books.
Watch it. Something tells me it might be one of those speeches that we'll read about in history books.
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"WE WILL NEVER BE SILENCED" anti-trans campaigners shout, while appearing on the front page of every single newspaper and interviewed on all major news platforms in the country repeatedly for the past 10 years. Pretty sure you have the wrong definition of 'silenced', but okay.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
"WE WILL NEVER BE SILENCED" anti-trans campaigners shout, while appearing on the front page of every single newspaper and interviewed on all major news platforms in the country repeatedly for the past 10 years. Pretty sure you have the wrong definition of 'silenced', but okay.
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The Iceland Space Agency has a strangely busy logo. It fascinates me.
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM
The Iceland Space Agency has a strangely busy logo. It fascinates me.
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þetta er fréttaflutningurinn sem ég þarf á að halda 🙏
Áhugafólk um norðurljós athugið: Víða mátti sjá einstaka norðurljósasýningu í gærkvöld. Búast má við álíka sjónarspili í kvöld þar sem ský byrgja ekki sýn.
„Snemma kvölds ættum við að sjá svipaða dýrð“ - RÚV.is
Víða mátti sjá einstaka norðurljósasýningu í gærkvöld. Þau orsakast af kórónugosi sem skall á jörðinni. Slíkt gos getur meðal annars valdið truflunum á fjarskiptum og rafmagnskerfum. Búast má við álík...
www.ruv.is
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
þetta er fréttaflutningurinn sem ég þarf á að halda 🙏
I wrote 2.800 words. Take that, universe.
I did it! I wrote 1.642 words today 😭
Tomorrow I'm going to write 2.000. Putting it here so someone can hold me accountable.
Tomorrow I'm going to write 2.000. Putting it here so someone can hold me accountable.
This week I'm picking up the novel I started writing in October and then had to lay aside until now. It's SO HARD to get back into, but yesterday I wrote 500 words and today I wrote 1.000 and on Monday I am going to write 1.500.
Putting this here so someone can hold me accountable.
Putting this here so someone can hold me accountable.
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I wrote 2.800 words. Take that, universe.
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I'm confused. When did they stop?
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I'm confused. When did they stop?
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Call me pedantic, but if it's not being widely adopted I don't think you get to call it a "boom".
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Call me pedantic, but if it's not being widely adopted I don't think you get to call it a "boom".
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Good morning. The whole of Reykjavík is covered in a thin layer of ice and it is SLIPPERY.
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Good morning. The whole of Reykjavík is covered in a thin layer of ice and it is SLIPPERY.
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I'm going to fucking lose it, this man was grown in a lab for me to support
January 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I'm going to fucking lose it, this man was grown in a lab for me to support
Apparently there were pink Northern Lights yesterday and I missed them
Óvenju litrík norðurljós - RÚV.is
Náttúrufyrirbærið kórónugos orsakaði þessa miklu ljósdýrð.
www.ruv.is
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Apparently there were pink Northern Lights yesterday and I missed them
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ég hata þessa auglýsingu frá krabbameinsfélaginu um að konur geri miklu sársaukafyllri hluti en að fara í krabbameinsskoðun.
þau hefðu getað lagað viðhorfið sitt, viðurkennt að þetta er sársaukafullt og gefið verkjalyf, uppfært úreltan tækjabúnað. en nei skulum frekar shame-a.
þau hefðu getað lagað viðhorfið sitt, viðurkennt að þetta er sársaukafullt og gefið verkjalyf, uppfært úreltan tækjabúnað. en nei skulum frekar shame-a.
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM
ég hata þessa auglýsingu frá krabbameinsfélaginu um að konur geri miklu sársaukafyllri hluti en að fara í krabbameinsskoðun.
þau hefðu getað lagað viðhorfið sitt, viðurkennt að þetta er sársaukafullt og gefið verkjalyf, uppfært úreltan tækjabúnað. en nei skulum frekar shame-a.
þau hefðu getað lagað viðhorfið sitt, viðurkennt að þetta er sársaukafullt og gefið verkjalyf, uppfært úreltan tækjabúnað. en nei skulum frekar shame-a.
Good morning. The whole of Reykjavík is covered in a thin layer of ice and it is SLIPPERY.
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Good morning. The whole of Reykjavík is covered in a thin layer of ice and it is SLIPPERY.